prescott chapter of the sons of the american revolution

Prescott Chapter of the Sons of the American RevolutionSeptember 2018

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Address P.O. Box 10653 Prescott AZ 86301

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEFellow Compatriots & Friends – Aswe leave behind the summer months,I hope that this message finds youwell. Our Chapter is participating inmany activities this fall and I urgeyou to become involved as you areable.An important SAR activity in Sep-tember is getting involved with ourschools during “Constitution Week”to teach youth (and adults) about theUnited States Constitution – that su-perb charter of freedom. We need topromote among our youth and citi-zenry that we should not take forgranted the privilege of living underthe American Constitution. It’s so-bering that a university study in2012 found that over 70 percent ofAmericans polled could not identifythe Constitution as the supreme lawof the land.The celebration of the United StatesConstitution was started by theDaughters of the American Revolu-tion. In 1955, DAR petitioned Con-gress to set aside September 17-23annually to be dedicated for the ob-servance of Constitution Week. Theresolution was signed into public lawon August 2, 1956, by PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower.

In this issue:Ancestor Bio, Cates Page 5

Color Guard page 3-4

Congress page 6

Education Outreach 1-2

Flag Certificates page 6

Meetings schedule page 6

Presidents Message page 1 EditorSteve Monez [email protected] 626-298-2220

Annual SAR-DARJoint luncheon

StoneRidge Prescott Clubat 1601 Bluff Top Dr.Prescott Valley, AZ 86314

Special GuestSpeaker

Col Jim Kula ~ "MyPOW Experience in HanoiNorth Vietnam"andLauren Kobley, CAR AZState President ~ National& State CAR Projects!

Next Chapter MeetingSaturday October 20 atGuacamaya's MexicanGrill 1317 E Gurley StPrescott, Arizona, Meetingstarts at 12 noon

Young Marines, SpeakerMike Myers, Marine Vet-eran, Copper State Det,Topic: Marine CorpsLeague & Granite Moun-tain young Marines

Veterans Day Parade inPrescott starting at11AM at Willis andCortez St. to Goodwinand down Montezuma.Honor your veterans.

See Presidents message on page 2

Websites: National sar.org Arizona State azsar.orgChapter sarprescottaz.com

Education OutreachI am the Chapter Representativefor EO. Our AZ Society Educa-tion Director Christopher Francis,has passed on the change of poli-cy for Youth Protection Training.The requirements for our YPT isthat all people working with theYouth need to take this courseand on completion send YPT cer-tificate to me so the informationcan be forwarded to AZ and thento SAR National. Also any youthprograms you do for the chaptercan be forwarded to me and I willsend them to him as well on tohim. YPT training can be com-pleted on line and you will re-ceive a certificate. EO cont. P2

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This September marks the 231st anni-versary of the drafting of the Consti-tution of the United States.A woman famously asked BenjaminFranklin as he exited ConstitutionHall following the adoption of theConstitution; “Well, what have wegot – a republic or a monarchy?”Franklin’s reply: “A republic, if youcan keep it.” He knew that an en-gaged citizenry is critical; and thatcitizenship is not a spectator sportbut requires patriots, advocates andstern defenders.As always, please let your officersknow if you have an interest and areable to participate in any Chapter orState SAR programs. Compatriots -I trust that you had a “Happy Consti-tution Day” - let’s work hard to keepit!Fraternally,Wayne Hood

Presidents Message from page 1 Education Outreach from Page one.

Constitution Week has been a big educational experience for our Society.Thanks to Allen Nash for including us in his association with ChristopherRaso at Canyon Ridge School in Surprise AZ. His class dressed in colonialoutfits they made and then have the junior classes come in and ask themquestions. They really knew their parts. They portrayed George and MarthaWashington, Betsy Ross, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, CrispusAttucks and Paul Revere on a horse he constructed.

EO from page 1The Boy Scouts and the SAR havepartnered to allow the SAR memberto take and get certified with theYPT. Follow this link for the pro-gram.https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/ Thanks for yoursupport. Steve [email protected]

Crispus Attucks, 1st man killed Younger students taking notes

Thomas Jefferson playing Violin Betsy Ross’s showing their flag

The 21st of September found us at the Granville elementary school inPrescott Valley. We had an all day session starting at 9am and endingaround 2pm, Dr. James Cates reenacted Daniel Shay’s and his wife Ce-leste a DAR member reenacted Abigail Adams. Steve Monez was GW.

Over 500 students attended. We shared articles of confederation and issues resulting in the constitution

https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/






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Territorial Days, Chino Valley, September 1, 2018left to right Scout Michael Trevor, Steve Miller,Bill Baran, Bill Smith, Wayne Hood, SteveMonez, Ed Lipphardt with drum and a young Ma-rine.

Prescott Parade Jun. 30, 2018, led by drummer Ed Lip-phardt, Scouts, Michael Morgan and Trevor Huber carryingthe banner. First Row Dennis DeAtley, Steve Monez, Ce-leste Cates, Christopher Francis, Loren Littlefield,JamesCates, back Row Bill Baran, Bill Smith, Jerry Davis, Prin-cess Sherry, Tom Chittenden and Steve Miller. Thanks toall for a great turn out

The Saguaro Chapter and 13 DAR Chaptersmet on September 22nd, for a special luncheonat the Briarwood Country club in Sun CityWest. One hundred and three people attended,and the color guard was commanded by AZAdjutant Dr. Bill Baran. Nine flags were pre-sented. The members from left to right, Dr.Baran , Richard Garsnett, Jan Huber, Seth Nev-ers , James Cates, Steve Miller, Mary Lou Full-er DAR State Regent, Matt Scott, Alan Nash,Witt Revell, Brandon Nevers, Loren Littlefield,and Steve Monez.

The Society and members of your Chapter participated in several CG events

Canyon Ridge School September 17, 2018 picturedfrom left to right, Andrew Griesel (Assistant Princi-pal), Dr. James Cates, Celeste Cates, Brandon Nev-ers, Allen Nash, Jill Hoppe (Principal), ChristopherRaso (Social Studies Teacher) sitting CouncilmanRoland F. Winters, Jr. (City of Surprise, District 1),Jan Huber, Dr. Bill Baran, Seth Nevers, and SteveMonez.


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The Society and members of your Chapter participated in several CG events

Maricopa DAR September 8, Left to Right, SteveMonez, Keith Hugus, Jerry Davis, Chuck Howey, Lo-ren Littlefield, Dan Thompson, Steve Miller, and JanHuber

First place at the Payson Parade August 18, L?R Bill Ba-ran, Ed Lipphardt, Dennis DeAtley, Steve Monez

Renaissance Sun Lakes, September 17, 2018 Gila ButteDAR Chapter from left to right, Bill Hugus, Bill Baran,Celeste Cates, Steve Miller, James Cates, Jan Huber, andSteve Monez.

July 4 2018 Flagstaff, left to right. Bill Baran, Eagle,Lukas Severinghaus, Steve Monez, Celeste Cates,Steve Miller, Ed Lipphardt, Dan Thompson, JerryDavis, Noah Severinghaus, Tom Chittenden, andJames Cates.


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Patriot Biography: John CateSubmitted by James D. Cates, Prescott Chapter, Arizona, National Number203841

John Cate was born in Barrington, NH in the Cate Garrison House built byhis father Captain William Cate, Patriot (1698-1783)as a defense from attacks on the town by the Frenchand Native Americans. His mother was Elizabeth Cot-ton (1705-1800) of Portsmouth, NH. The Cate familywas active in town affairs. John’s father William wasone of the founders of the town of Barrington, estab-lished on land granted by the crown to citizens ofPortsmouth who repaired HMS Barrington, a frigate

damaged by a storm in the Caribbean. John married Mary Garland, daugh-ter of John Garland, Patriot (1719-1805) and Molly Rand (1726-1769) on11 Oct 1762 in Barrington. John served as Selectman for the town in 1771and 1772 and again from 1774 to 1804. He signed the Association Test in1776. John followed in his father’s footsteps in the New Hampshire Militia.In 1775 he served as First Lieutenant in Captain Samuel Hayes’ companyon Pierce’s Island at Fort Washington, one of the harbor defenses for Ports-mouth Harbor erected after the British burning of Falmouth, MA in Octo-ber. In 1776 he served again in Colonel Joshua Wingate’s regiment in thedefense of Fort Ticonderoga. From September to December, 1777 he servedin Colonel Drake’s regiment to reinforce General Gates at Saratoga. GeneralBurgoyne disparaged militia forces for not having artillery. Colonel Drakecombed the harbor defenses for spare cannon and equipped his men withartillery. The unit was involved in the battle including General Burgoyne’sfinal defeat and surrender. From July to October, 1780 John served again inColonel Bartlett’s regiment for the defense of West Point during the time ofBenedict Arnold’s betrayal. John and Mary raised a family of seven sonsand six daughters. Mary died in 1786 and John died in 1815. Both are bur-ied on the old family farm in Barrington.


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Upcoming events: all regular meetings at Guacamaya’s Grille 1327 E Gur-ley St. Prescott AZ 12-1:30

September 26-30 Leadership in Louisville

October 20, Young Marines, Speaker Mike Myers, Marine Veteran, CopperState Det, Topic: Marine Corps League & Granite Mtn S:

November 10 Veterans Day Parade Prescott starts 11am color guard line up10am we will be in the first 10 entrants and will make the SAR-DAR Lun-cheon

November 10, SAR-DAR Joint lunch 12 Noon Speaker Jim Kula,SAR/DAR Noon Luncheon Prescott Club at StoneRidge 1601 Bluff Top DrPrescott Valley, AZ 86314 Don’t miss this event as Mr. Kula has a fantasticProgram, Vietnam Veteran and POW.

Grant Quezada owner of theJohn Hancock Barber shop isrecognized for exemplary Patri-otism to display the Flag of theUnited State of America. Grantis a native of Prescott andserved 8 years in the Army.Thanks for your service Grant.

James Cates our VP lives in Sedona. He saw89 flags on Hwy 89. He found the responsi-ble group “Marine Corps League Detach-ment 1237” places these flags every year.On August 9, 2018 at Sedona Elks Lodge.He awarded a flag certificate and his checkto Commandant Raymond Ojeda “In Recog-nition of Exemplary Patriotism in the Dis-play of The Flag of the United States ofAmerica.” Pictured from left to right BillBaran, James Cates, Raymond Ojeda andSteve Monez.

President Larry Guzy PresentedAZ President James Skaggswith 27 AZ Society Awards.The Prescott Chapter won someof these, thanks to the greatwork of our President WayneHood III, Tim Prater, for theirhard work with Americanism,Stark, and Flag Certificates.Thanks to all that helped withthe chapter this year. And espe-cially Jack Smith, Illinois.

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